Other networks that also turned in a strong performance included Universal McCann, BBH Grey Global Group and M&C Saatchi.
More than 300 people - agency executives and marketers - attended the presentation last month at the Grand Hyatt, which also doubled as the industry's end of year bash.
According to the judges, competition for the top prizes was never more intense.
For the 2003 Agency of the Year, Media took a number of steps aimed at making the judging process even more transparent.
These consisted of increasing the number of external judges to three from one before. In addition, the results were tabulated and verified by leading accountancy firm Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, which does the same for the Oscars.
The event was sponsored by the International Herald Tribune, Metro Publishing Hong Kong, Aquent, Submedia Asia, Time and Discovery Networks Asia.
